Late swallowing dysfunction and dysphagia after radiotherapy for pharynx cancer: Frequency, intensity and correlation with dose and volume parameters

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-82

  Jensen, Kenneth ^a   Lambertsen, Karin ^b   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a Department of Oncology ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Deglutition disorders; Head and neck neoplasm; Late morbidity; Quality of life; Radiation dose response relationship; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PAIN; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 35248889928     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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